Bookcase



(No Model.)

. J.v STIMSON.

BOOKGASE.

No. 504,182. Patented ug. 29, 1893l W/ TNE SSES.' /NVENTH @ZM BWM@Arrow/frs.

UNITE TATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES STIMSON, OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

BOOKCASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,182, dated August29, 1893.

Application filed October 27, 1892. Serial No. 450,099. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JAMES STIMsoN, of Watsonville, in the county of SantaCruz and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bookcases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvementi book cases, and has for itsobject to provide a book case or stand adapted to rest upon any latsurface, as a bureau, mantel, desk or table, or to stand upon brackets,the said case being adapted to containa set of books, volumes forexample in frequent use, such as works of reference, dac., the number ofvolumes being regulated by the length of the stand.

The invention consists in .the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar gures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of the stand folded for storage ortransportation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the stand inits folded state, the section being taken practically on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 2, the standhowever beingiin position for use; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionwhich is taken practically on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

The stand or case comprises but three pieces, a base A, and clampingarms B, the clamping arms being two in number. .All of the parts arepreferably made of metal, and as light as possible consistent withstrength. The base A, may be given any desired shape; in the drawings itis shown as rectangular and is hollow. At each end of the base, in thetop thereof and parallel with its end portions, a transverse slot 10, isproduced, and adjacent to this slot, between the slot and the end of thebase, a depression or recess 11, is made, parallel with the slots landparallel with the ends, but the slot and the recess are parallel onlywith the ends when the base is of rectangular form, while the recesses`and the slots are always parallel with each other.

The clamping armsare angular in cross secslots 10; and upon the undersurface of each of the lower members of the clamping arms a depression12, is made, producing thereby a step 13, the step and the depressionbeing parallel with the outer end of the member in which they are made.

In the operation of the device, the horizontal or lower members of thearms are made to enter the slots 10 in `the base, and when the stand isnot in use the arms are folded down upon the base and upon each other,lying one upon the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the stand isto be used the outer or upper members of the arms are brought to vavertical position, which will carry the inner members to a horizontalposition in engagement with the under face or `top of the base, as shownin Figs. 3 and v4..;

and the depression 12 in each of the horizontal members will registerand rest upon the depressed or recessed surfaces 1l in the top of thebase, the stepped portions 13, belng located within the slots 10.

It will be understood that any number of books may be placed between theclamping arms that the space intervening them will accommodate, and thatthe device may be made sufciently large to accommodatea set comprisingany number of volumes. stand is especially adapted for use upon desks orother places, to hold reference books, or volumes in frequent use, andthe stand when not employed may be compactly folded and stored away.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A book case or stand, comprising a base having itstop supported some distance above The L-shaped clamping arms havingtheir lower members of equal width throughout and projecting through theslots of the base, the said lower members being provided with osets orsteps, substantially as described.

2. A book case, the same consisting of a base having slots near its endsand recesses adjacent to the slots, and angular arms pivotally locatedin the slots, the inner members of the arms being formed near theirjunction with the outer members with depressions adapted to enter thedepressed surfaces in t-he base, as and for the purpose specied.

3. In abook case or stand, the combination, with a base provided withslots near its ends and recesses adjacent tothe slots, of` arms angularin cross section, one memberebeing longer than the other, the shortermember of each arm being introduced into the slots in the base, theinner members of the said arms being also provided :with a depressionand a step nearthe depression, the depressed surface of the arms beingadapted to engage with the depressed surfaces of the base, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES STIMSON.

Witnesses:

H. S. FLETCHER, W. R. RADCLIFF.

